About our Apples-to-Apples
Approach

Tools, Technologies, and Processes at the Intersection of Data Governance and Policy / Standards / Rules Management.

Ask anyone to define Data Governance, and it's a safe bet that their definition will include a reference to authority, policy, or rules.

Yes, governance involves people and organizational bodies that come together to agree on how they'll work together. And yes, much of that work is fuzzy, negotiated, and political. But in the end, much of it boils down to black-and-white agreements.
Here's a rule about how we'll use data. Now follow that rule!

Actually, organizations often end up with many hundreds of such rules. One contract can contain dozens of data usage stipulations, after all. A single law can contain dozens of implementation requirements that must be expressed as policies, requirements, or other types of rules. And a single guideline might actually require multiple rules to accommodate Business-unit specific standards.

Managing this many rules may require software to store them, manage approvals, and make them available to stakeholders. Some tools map policies to regulations or contracts or standards bodies. Check out these products; you may wonder how you lived without them...

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A Note From Our Publisher

The Data Governance Institute
is Vendor-Neutral. But we're
not tool-blind; we know that it
usually takes the careful
application of software to
achieve all your Data
Governance and Policy / Standards / Rules Management goals. Although we haven't been able to personally examine and validate the solutions presented here, we know you'll want to hear what the these vendors have to say about how they can solve your specific problems and make your programs and projects successful. Enjoy!

Gwen Thomas
President, The Data Governance Institute
Publisher, The DGI Website and Vendor Showcase